DARAAN
\104-10336-10000 | 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 |
s .

4 oo S UCC be
Voie ns eT HL a
.v a ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY 4 \,
( See nole CN
ON ake lu,|
f
a 5 December 1996 ,
MEMORANOUM FOR: Fredrick C. Wickham @ 00 .
DO JFK Focal Point ~~
FROM: J. Bacry Harrelson
CSIHRG
JFK Project Officer
SUBJECT: Priority Requests from ARRB Staff
REFERENCE:
REQUESTS:

1. The ARRB Staff is planning to interview Russ Holmes about his JFK Ancillary (working) Files. Dave Marwell has requested that
Holmes be given on one day clearance so that he can look to the files. How do you want to handle?

2. Has David Vance Vanek (SSN 482-36-5577) ever worked for the Agency (DO}?_ Vanek is an army officer who served in
Thailand and Vietnam; could have been detailed to Agency. He figurés in one of the conspiracy theories that the ARRB staff is currently
taking depositions on. Can 00 check or is this an OP issue -- we have not had a lot of luck with OP. Initially the ARRB staff was going
to make this a formal request, but agreed to hold off for the moment. The theory involves counter-terrorism training and the death of an
American with knowledge of JFK assassination.

3. Agency Officers in Moscow: The ARRB staff is researching Oswald's contacts in Moscow. The recards shows that he came into
contact with other Americans besides Snyder (the Consular Officer). Gunn requested a list of the CIA officers in Moscow a few weeks
ago. Based on discussions with Elie, etc., | told him a list did not exist and would he considered very sensitive if we did prepare one. |
ask him to be more specific; if he had names, we would check against Agency records. Since then his staff has located a list of seniac '
officers in Mascow prepared for the HSCA (Eileen has copy). He has now resurrected his requests. Let discuss the next step.

4. Did Mrs. G. Stanley Brown (Verna Deane Stebbens Brown, born 12 August 1928) work for the Agency; what was her status
when she was in Moscow as Embassy receptionistisecretary? She is the wife of George Stanley Brown, an Agency employee from
1952-1962, According to the ARRB staff, she had contact with Oswald (see item #3).

e

twill give you a call on Friday to discuss our responses to the above request..

cc:

ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY

13-00000

Assassination Records Review Board:
. 600 E Street NW - 2nd Floor - Washington, DC 20530.
(202) 724-0088 + Fax: (202) 724-0457

October 27, 1996 CIA SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

Mr. Barry Harrelso RELEASE IN FULL
arry n

Historical Review Group 2000

Center for the Study of Intelligence

Central Intelligence Agency

Washington, D.C. 02505

Re: Status of Assassination Records Review Board Requests to CIA for
Additional Information and Records

Dear Barry:

I am writing to follow-up on our letter of October 7, 1996, regarding the status of -
Assassination Records Review Board requests for information and records from the

~ CIA.

Formal Requests:
CTIA-1
Review Board staff review continues. No CIA action needed at this time.
CIA-6 (Cables and dispatches)

CIA has agreed to make records available (or to have a response ) by
November 1, 1996.

CIA-7 (Histories)

Counterintelligence. CLA has made material available and Review Board
staff examination is ongoing.

Mexico City. The Review Board awaits CIA’s compilation of the portion
of the Mexico Station history that was shown to G. Robert Blakey.

Boarp Memaers: John R. Tunheim, Chair - Heary F. Graff +e Kermit L. Hall + William L. Joyce + Anna K. Nelson
Execurive Dinecron: David G. Marwell

13-00000
fe oe

4

Mr. Barry Harrelson
October 27, 1996
Page 2

Other Histories. No response has been received to our agreement that
CIA identify within two weeks the histories that can be made available
and those that should be subject to further discussions.

CIA-8 (Intelligence community staff)

CIA had promised to provide a report to the Review Board within two
weeks. Nothing has been made available.

CIA-9 (Publications and analytical materials)
We have received no materials responsive to this request. Additionally, ;
no response has be received from CIA regarding the list of publications
that are identified in an LBJ Library finding aid that the Review Board |
staff provided.

CIA-10 (Interagency source register)

CIA has not yet made available the records that it had agreed to provide
within two weeks. (wes Osirld on

CIA-11 (Duran’s original statement)

CIA has agreed to make some further attempts to locate Duran’ s original :
statement.

CIA-12 JMWAVE materials)
CIA has agreed to make matefials available on a rolling basis.
Informal requests:

Spas Rankin. CIA has made the Spas Rankin file available to the Review Board.
Review Board staff ayo seal cit When research is complete, staff wi
discuss issues with Comm calhe char prlled [we

MERE clett Ai ens
IN 23738. CIA is searching for cable number IN 23738 (7 July 1962). ~ Cop aN sont

Marilyn Murrett. CIA has made the Marilyn Murrett file available to the Review -
Board. Review Board staff research continues. When research is complete, staff

13-00000

Mr. Barry Harrelson
October 27, 1996
Page 3

will discuss issues with CIA.

HTLINGUAL. It is the Review Board staff’s understanding that CIA continues
its search for HTLINGUAL records and will provide an oral briefing on the
subject. It is also our understanding that some HTLINGUAL records have been
located, but that they have not yet been made available to the Review Board.

Recent and additional informal requests that we have discussed with you:

_ Operational Reports for Cuban Exile Groups. The Review Board staff has been -
unable to locate in the collection monthly operational reports for the DRE, CRC,

- or MRR for the period between March 1963 and March 1964. Please advise us .
whether these records exist and when: ‘we may review them.

Moscow. CIA has been asked to. search for additional information regarding .
Mosco as discussed with Michelle Combs on October 24, 1996.

Tape. CIA has been asked to search for additional information regarding a tape
as discussed with Irene Marr on October 24, 1996.

Please let me know of any inaccuracies in this letter or any suggestions that you have.
Thank you for your help and cooperation. — ;

and Associate Director for’Research

13-00000

4 OLS 08+

9 Aner

riety F BCTIONS

"eral caret! Mae? te

eT PULL

ce ape Te! =

alistofour ‘current requests for information. These should be

or which we await your response. If you have any
you should call either Bob Skwirot or the analysts
0. formalize any of the requests into our numbered

3 paws

Ave all files in collection? : If CIA has any
-G-, personnel, 201, etc.), we Would like to

jas Fiaikin file in Box 15 folder 34. Who is the person.
signing the DCD messages? ‘Did Raikin work for CiA? Did
 -J-he-wortcfor OCD/OO? What ts relationship between

Location of cable Identified in JFK 7
_ ° | 1993.07.20.10.18:29:650620 (Box 94; F 22) p.2. Cable
"”__-] number (IN 24738) 7 July 62. We can send fax if helpful.
| 1'OF Murtét files. Are all files in coliection? if CIA

i we "has: dditional files (e.g., personnel, 201, efc.), we
2 would like to requestthem. a

Tapes of Alvarado Interrogation

New Orleans, Hunter Leake, Clay Shaw, QKENCHANT,
and ZRCLFF

| Moscow


13-00000

e
«

AL Ci LR-Ol

(8 PCC GF
. atloy te, ;
Wee Assassination Records Review Board
2 g Fu 600 E Street NW « 2nd Floor « Washington, DC 20530
AOE 0 (202) 724-0088 + Fax: (202) 724-0457
“tay yor
December 18, 1997 CPA. St, COLLRCTIONS »
etd SO a0) FoLi
Mr. John Pereira Bie a
Chief
Historical Review Group
Center for the Study of Intelligence
Central Intelligence Agency

Washington, D.C. 02505

Re: Status of CIA Responses to Assassination Records Review Board’s Requests for
Additional Information and Records

Dear John:

I am writing to follow-up on our telephone call earlier today and to convey my serious
concern about the status of CIA’s responses to the Review Board’s requests for
additional information and records. Although CIA has completed its responses to
several requests, and many others have been answered in part, a significant number of
requests have not been answered — including some that were made more than two
years ago. On many occasions we have been assured that responses would be
forthcoming, only to have promised dates come and go without answers. It is now
extremely important that these requests be answered promptly so that we may conduct
a proper follow-up if necessary. The issues that we can now identify as being of the
highest priority are identified in the text below by double asterisks (**)' and we request
that they be answered within the next month. We request that the remaining requests
be answered by April.1, 1998.

The remainder of this letter is divided into two parts: first, a listing of the formal
requests for information and records, and second, a listing of the informal requests for
information and records. Please let me know if your understanding of any of the
following points differs from ours so that we can resolve any potential discrepancies.

‘As identified more fully below, the issues are: CLA-1 Organizational Material,
CIA-6 Cables and Dispatches, CIA-13 Backchannel Communications, CIA-IR-03
HTLINGUAL Documents, CIA-IR-04 Disposition of Angleton Files, CLA-IR-07 Claude
Barnes Capehart, CIA-IR-15 Electronic “take” from Mexico City, CLA-IR-21 DRE
Monthly Operational Reports, CIA-IR-22 “A” Files on Clay Shaw and Jim Garrison.

@oaro Memeers: John R. Tunheim. Chair « Henry F. Graff + Kermit ©. Hall « William L. Joyce « Anna K. Nelson

13-00000

.

Mr. John Pereira
December 18, 1997
Page 6

Informal Requests

Each of the following informal requests was previously made to CIA. For future
reference, they will be referred to by the “Informal Request” (IR) number provided
below.

CTA-IR-01 Personnel Assigned to Post from 1959-64 (see RIF 104-10065-10199).

This request is complete. .
CIAIR-02 Location of Cable Identified in JEK 1993.07.20.10.18:29:650630.
This request is complete.
*CIA-IR-03 Full Computer Search for List of Documents in HTLINGUAL File.

‘CIA agreed to undertake a computer run for all HTLINGUAL documents in
April 1997. To date, no response has been received by ARRB. All computer
searches for these documents should be documented ina formal letter for the
record.

“CIA-IR-04 Disposition of Angleton’s Files.

The Review Board seeks to ensure that it has taken all reasonable steps to
account for any files that James Jesus Angleton possessed or controlled that
related to the assassination and to Lee Harvey Oswald. Because of the perceived
controversy surrounding the disposition of Angleton’s files, the Review Board
believes it prudent to obtain a clear understanding of the types of files that he
maintained and their ultimate disposition. (The Review Board does not seek to
explore any subjects in Angleton’s files beyond those that may have pertained to -
the assassination.) To date, CIA has made available certain documents provided
by the CIC and the case files for Mangold v. CIA. The Review Board requests any
additional information in the possession of CIA that would explain the
disposition of Angleton’s files.

In addition, the ARRB staff’s review of the Mangold v. CIA files designated
additional documents from those files as assassination records. These documents
are: Tab D, documents Nos. 95, 109-116, 120, and 121; and from the Denied

13-00000

MEMORANDUM

July 20, 1998 ‘on

To: Jeremy Gunn
Executive Director

, ce: Bob Skwirot
CIA Team Leader

From: | Michelle Combs Pele Linh.

Associate Director for Research and Review
Subject: CIA-IR-01 Personnel Assigned to Post in 104-10065-10199 from 1959-1964

In response to ARRB’s first informal request, CLA provided several documents from the
Directorate of Operations which contained lists of the CLA employees assigned to the
country post found in record number 104-10065-10199. These lists of CLA employees
were not designated as assassination records.

e:\combs \cia-ir01.wpd
2 File 4.20.1 and 4.20.4

13-00000

fe ai Ailend

12 September 1998

MEMORANDUM FOR: Laura Denk
Executive Director, ARRB

FROM: ; J. Barry Harrelson
JFK Project Officer, HRP/OIM

SUBJECT : CIA-IR-1, CIA Personnel Assigned to Post
from 1959-64
1. This is in response to referent request.
2. Searches were made for information responsive to
the request and materials were provided for examination by

ARRB staff. No documents were selected for the JFK
Collection.

3. This concludes the Agency's action on this request.
If you have any question, please advise.

J. Barry Harre So

